Almost twice as many passes as rushes. Again, the opposite of MartyBall.

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Maybe Marty figured the same thing, that 4 out of 5 of those close losses last year were due to passing at least 35 times, and passing more than running it. Sometimes twice as much. Even one loss, it didn't help much to keep it balanced on the runs and passes.

With a marginal lead (less than 7+ points) in the second half, instead of trying to stretch the field with downfield passes, he is completely happy running dive play after dive play. As the defenses we are facing put more and more people into the box, basically daring us to throw it, he does not adjust, and settles for long field goal attempts, putting more pressure on our special teams and defense to be perfect in defending a small lead. Without the benefit of a larger lead, we seem to fall victim to last minute heroics by the opposing offense time and time again.

What your overlooking is the most obvious. If your teams offense plays one dimensional its like handing the game to the other team cause they can set up to stop just one part of a teams offensive game. I'd have to guess defensive coordinators have loved marty over the years. NO wonder they speak so highly of him.

With a marginal lead (less than 7+ points) in the second half, instead of trying to stretch the field with downfield passes, he is completely happy running dive play after dive play. As the defenses we are facing put more and more people into the box, basically daring us to throw it, he does not adjust, and settles for long field goal attempts, putting more pressure on our special teams and defense to be perfect in defending a small lead. Without the benefit of a larger lead, we seem to fall victim to last minute heroics by the opposing offense time and time again.

1st and 10 at PHI 30 (3:29) L.Tomlinson up the middle to PHI 28 for 2 yards (H.Thomas).
Timeout #2 by PHI at 03:27.
2nd and 8 at PHI 28 (3:27) L.Tomlinson right end to PHI 23 for 5 yards (L.Sheppard).
Timeout #3 by PHI at 03:21.
3rd and 3 at PHI 23 (3:21) L.Tomlinson up the middle to PHI 22 for 1 yard (K.Adams).
Timeout #3 by SD at 02:37.
4th and 2 at PHI 22 (2:37) N.Kaeding 40 yard field goal is BLOCKED (Q.Mikell), Center-D.Binn, Holder-M.Scifres, RECOVERED by PHI-M.Ware at PHI 35. M.Ware for 65 yards, TOUCHDOWN. 17 13

Martyball. Playing for the FG instead of playing for the TD. This running up the gut when they had been stuffing LT ALL DAY LONG.

Miami is easy. They knew the audibles. The buck stops with Marty and he didn't think to change them. He was prolly to busy pissing and moaning about the trade he didn't know about. That falls in the dumbass category.

With a marginal lead (less than 7+ points) in the second half, instead of trying to stretch the field with downfield passes, he is completely happy running dive play after dive play. As the defenses we are facing put more and more people into the box, basically daring us to throw it, he does not adjust, and settles for long field goal attempts, putting more pressure on our special teams and defense to be perfect in defending a small lead. Without the benefit of a larger lead, we seem to fall victim to last minute heroics by the opposing offense time and time again.

Almost twice as many passes as rushes. Again, the opposite of MartyBall.

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Maybe Marty figured the same thing, that 4 out of 5 of those close losses last year were due to passing at least 35 times, and passing more than running it. Sometimes twice as much. Even one loss, it didn't help much to keep it balanced on the runs and passes.

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It is true to a point. The losses to Denver and Pittsburgh were due to not making the defensive stand needed.

Philly game they were behind for a lot of the game. On the one drive that led to the blocked FG, the playcalling could have been different. 3rd Down, I would've gone play action. 4th Down, I would've gone for it.